Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Super Duper OMGNokia Tuesday on MTV
Hot off the MTV wire:
MTV’s Street Team ‘08 Has Super Tuesday Covered With Blogs, Video, Photos
Real-time reports will stream live online from citizen journalists representing 23 states holding primaries or caucuses that day.
On Tuesday — the Super-est Tuesday of the year — voters in 23 states will head to the polls to cast their votes, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Cool things, Geekery, Local News, Media, Netroots, Politics by shelbinator
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Obligatory Cloverfield post
Cloverfield is what it is: a big, indestructible monster shows up out of nowhere, attacks Manhattan, and lots of people die. You should know already if this is your kind of movie or not, but if it is, definitely see it in the theaters!
2 Comments » - Posted in Cool things, Recommends by shelbinator
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Just FYI, eh Joe?
When a presidential campaign folds, the first thing to do is thank your supporters. The next thing to do is settle your debts; Bill Richardson did this within a fortnight of his collapse in an email that teased us about an endorsement, faked us out with talk of issues, and then asked for some […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Politics, Random by shelbinator
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Bad Technique
I’ve had my words butchered in newspapers before — in fact, almost every time I get newsprint attention, it goes awry. Last year’s AJC story on Young Dems that reduced me to a Guinness-drinking hitchhiker brought back fond memories of the Miami Herald sports writer that thought I was a sycophantic teacher’s pet. […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Local News, Media, Netroots, Rant by shelbinator
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Finding old things
We have a couple of long-focal-distance microscopes in our lab that I used on my master’s research; they’re handy for taking hi-mag images and measurements of test specimens that you can’t get up close and personal with using the standard traveling microscopes. The specimens I was testing were being inductively heated with basically a […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Cool things, Nostalgia, Photo, Random by shelbinator
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Edwards, Obama, the Secret Service and me
It was a busy political scene on this three-day MLK holiday weekend, and that certainly eliminated hope of any rest for the weary (read: me). John Edwards showed up to stump in the house of labor as the city was blanketed (thinly) with some panic-inducing snow, and I went down to cover it for […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Local News, Media, Netroots, Politics, Rant by shelbinator
Friday, January 18th, 2008
NYC Adventure
Just some vignettes from the first part of last week’s New York City trip, including the luscious “intimacy kit” in the hotel minibar. A look at what training to be a Citizen Journalist is like may follow.
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3 Comments » - Posted in Media, Travel, Video by shelbinator
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Still alive, still reporting
I’m back from my wintry travels, trying to re-acclimate to my graduate studies, and trying to figure out once again this whole work-life balance going forward.
And I’m still hacking up small bits of lung that withered and died in the single-digit Iowa air.
I’ve even gotten all my new cables, connectors, and tiny gizmos sorted […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Cool things, Job Hunt, Local News, Media, Netroots, Sci-Tech, Travel by shelbinator
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Old school alt media
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Old school alt media, originally uploaded by shelbinator.
Senior MTV News correspondent John Norris gives us a pep talk
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by shelbinator
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Old media out on a limb
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Old media out on a limb, originally uploaded by shelbinator.
Gary Kebbel of the Knight Foundation talks to us about maintaining our blogger integrity.
